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Gamers 4 Croydon | |
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| Founded | 2009 |
| Dissolved | 2010 |
| Headquarters | Lot 296, 643 Main South Rd, Sellicks Hill, SA, 5174 |
| Ideology | Video game interests Progressivism Environmentalism |
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| Gamers 4 Croydon | |
Gamers 4 Croydon (G4C) was a minor political party in South Australia which contested the 2010 state election. The party disbanded shortly after the election and endorsed the Australian Sex Party and the Greens as possible replacements for support.[1][2]
History
[edit]The party had a strong anti-censorship message, particularly relating to the lack of an R18+ classification for video games in Australia. Founded in late 2009 and registered in 2010, its aim was to unseat South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson from his seat of Croydon in the House of Assembly (lower house). Atkinson, having stepped down from the position of South Australian Attorney-General after the election was the only state Attorney-General who opposed the introduction of an R18+ classification, and was largely responsible for its absence, as to introduce such a rating required the unanimous approval of all Attorneys-General. Atkinson's successor, John Rau, took a different view and supported the introduction of an R18+ classification.[3][4]
Electoral results
[edit]2010 SA election
[edit]The party ran six candidates at the 2010 South Australian state election. Kat Nicholson, a postgraduate journalism student, ran for the seat of Croydon. David Egge ran for the seat of Norwood, Tom Birdseye ran for the seat of Adelaide, Matthew Allpress ran for the seat of Light, and Ben Ernst ran for the seat of Mawson. Party president and software engineer Chris Prior ran for the Legislative Council (upper house).[5][6]
In the lower house, the party performed best in Croydon (3.7 percent) and worst in Light (1.0 percent). In the upper house, the party received 0.8 percent (7994 votes) of the statewide vote. No candidates were elected.[7]
Mentions
[edit]After the election, Valve Software's Gabe Newell added an Left4Dead2 in-game thank you message to Gamers 4 Croydon, in one of the safe houses for their work on getting the R18+ classification introduced for video games.
“We really appreciate your work for the Australian gaming community. Pretty impressive what you were able to accomplish. Please see the attached image. This will be going into the game next week.”
References
[edit]- ^ Game Over for Gamers4Croydon: Gamepolitics.com 29 June 2010
- ^ Political party register: ECSA
- ^ SA takes softer line on R18+ game rating: ABC 6 December 2010
- ^ South Australian Attorney-General John Rau opens door to R18+ games rating: News.com.au 6 December 2010
- ^ Gamers 4 Croydon Announce Two New Candidates
- ^ Gamers 4 Croydon Announce Final Two Candidates
- ^ 2010 election results: ECSA Archived 2010-05-04 at the Wayback Machine